Anonymous  +  631276 Mon, 05 Jan 09 01:10 PM                         Are all the sentences below correct, please?                The summer job was rather relaxing. The city’s summer youth program is rather interesting. Those machines are rather cheap. This umbrella is rather new. The train was rather fast. The candidates were rather young. The questions complex are rather clear. The child was rather thin.   Appreciate your help, Sam Anonymous Sentences, Summer

	Grammar Geek  +  631341 Mon, 05 Jan 09 02:19 PM They're fine, except this one: The questions complex are rather clear. I couldn't make this one out.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Yankee  +  631344 Mon, 05 Jan 09 02:27 PM You could say this, for example: - The questions are rather complex. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,506 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

	myeung  +  631389 Mon, 05 Jan 09 03:20 PM sorry i want to ask something. i chcek the word out from dictionary which shows that the definition is fairly or to some degree. for example "I was rather surprised to see him with his ex-wife." If i change rather to quite/not in this sentence, are they still same meaning? thx myeung Joined on Sun, Dec 28 2008 USA New Member 20 Marriage, Relationships, Sentences, Apologies

	Grammar Geek  +  631403 Mon, 05 Jan 09 03:32 PM I think "rather" falls somewhere between "somewhat" and "quite." I find "quite" to be stronger than "rather." Not very A little Somewhat Rather Quite Very Others may disagree, and there are other words that can be inserted in this spectrum, but I don't see "quite" as interchangable with "rather."   Grammar Geek